IDMC
Global Reference Data and Analysis on Internal Displacement
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ABOUT
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) spearheads a vital initiative to harmonize global data on internal displacement. This effort aims to inform effective prevention, response, and solution strategies for internal displacement crises. Unique to this project is the integration of state-of-the-art data processing techniques and extensive partnerships, leveraging the unparalleled global reference dataset and analysis on internal displacement.
Global
$1.5 million
24 months
GOALS
AUTOMATE
Data processing and enhance information sharing to expand coverage and offer near-real-time data insights on internal displacement.
DEEPEN
The understanding of historical internal displacement trends to inform sustainable solutions and policy development for internal displacement.
STRENGTHEN
Monitoring capabilities and extend partnerships to improve internal displacement data timeliness, comprehensiveness, and quality.
OBJECTIVES
With support from CRAF'd, the IDMC project transforms its approach to monitoring internal displacement into a pioneering global data infrastructure. By employing cutting-edge automated data processing and enhancing historical data analysis, this initiative fills crucial gaps in understanding and designing approaches for sustainable solutions to internal displacement crises. The project, underpinned by the CRAF'd commitment to innovative data solutions, promises a transformative impact on global crisis action, setting a new benchmark for evidence-based action in addressing displacement.
71M
People in fragile and crisis-affected settings benefit from earlier, faster, more targeted, and dignified assistance.
12K
Downloads of IDMC data on internal displacement every year.
$50M
Crisis aid facilitated that arrives earlier, faster, and more targeted and dignified way.
UPDATES
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GLOBAL DISPLACEMENT 2024
IDMC’s 2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement notes 75.9 million people forced from homes by conflict, violence, and disasters. With CRAF’d support, the analysis enables partners anticipate, prevent, and respond, clarifying trends and informing crisis action.
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IDMC DATASET DEEP DIVE
Webinar with IDMC explores the HDX internal displacement dataset and its use. With CRAF’d support, it shows how integrated data and analysis help partners anticipate, prevent, and respond to crises, strengthening planning and outcomes for displaced populations.
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GLOBAL DISPLACEMENT 2025
IDMC’s 2025 Global Report on Internal Displacement finds 83.4 million people uprooted by conflict, violence, and disasters. With CRAF’d support, these insights help partners anticipate, prevent, and respond to risks, target hotspots, and focus aid where needs are greatest.
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HDX EARLY CRISIS SIGNALS
HDX Signals from OCHA’s Centre for Humanitarian Data monitors datasets and raises alerts as crises deteriorate. Using CRAF’d-supported sources such as ACLED and IDMC, the system helps partners anticipate, prevent, and respond, prioritizing resources where risks rise.
CRAF’d is helping IDMC service the international community with verified, disaggregated data on internal displacement that informs humanitarian decision-making and programming, something that has proven to be more critical now than ever before.
Alexandra Bilak
Director, IDMC